Senior Manager - Cybersecurity Risk
About This Role
The role is responsible for managing and overseeing the organization s information security risk management framework. This role ensures that security risks are identified, assessed, mitigated, and reported in alignment with regulatory requirements, business objectives, and industry best practices. He/she also supports incident management, policy development, and compliance initiatives to strengthen the organization s security posture.
- Recommended 5 to 7 years of equivalent experience where required competencies and experience has been demonstrated in Enterprise and Information Risk Management, IT industry standards, and compliance.
- Demonstrable experience of information risk management techniques, frameworks, and practices
- Strong knowledge and understanding of regulatory compliance requirements, internal audit concepts, standards and processes
- In-depth internal control knowledge of core IT technologies and processes.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills, applied with a solution-focused attitude.
- Performing cybersecurity related impact and risk assessments.
- Communicating how gaps in knowledge from monitoring or threat intelligence impacts on effectiveness of cybersecurity strategy.
- Using risk scoring to inform performance-based and cost-effective approaches to help an organization manage its cybersecurity risk.
- Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)
- Information security frameworks
- Cloud Security
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Attention to detail
- Analytical Thinkingbr>
- Effectively communicate cybersecurity risks and posture to senior management.
- Develop security risk profiles of computer systems by assessing threats to, and vulnerabilities of, those systems.
- Develop risk mitigation strategies to effectively manage risk in accordance with organizational risk appetite.
- Develop specific cybersecurity countermeasures and risk mitigation strategies.
- Develop statements of preliminary or residual cybersecurity risks for system operation.
- Ensure that decisions relating to cybersecurity are based on sound risk management principles.
- Perform risk analysis whenever an application or system undergoes a major change.
- Provide input to the risk management framework and related documentation.
- Ensure cybersecurity risks are identified and managed appropriately through the organization's risk governance process.
- Carry out a cybersecurity risk assessment.
- Work with others to implement and maintain a cybersecurity risk management program.
- Identify and assign individuals to specific roles associated with the execution of the Risk Management Framework.
- Establish a risk management strategy for the organization that includes a determination of risk tolerance.
- Conduct an initial risk assessment of stakeholder assets and update the risk assessment on an ongoing basis.
- Work with organizational officials to ensure continuous monitoring tool data provides situation awareness of risk levels.
- Use continuous monitoring tools to assess risk on an ongoing basis.
- Develop methods to effectively monitor and measure risk, compliance and assurance efforts.
- Determine and document supply chain risks for critical system elements, where they exist.
- Perform any other duties assigned to by line manager related to the nature of the work
- Enforce, incorporate, and comply with all necessary controls and related information security policies, procedures, practices, training, reporting, personal due diligence and vigilance, within departmental/unit activities and operations.
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